On this episode of the Welcome to the Metaverse podcast, I bring you the metaverse news that you need to know in under 20 minutes. The NFT and metaverse space moves at lightening speed and it's sometimes hard to keep up, so this episode will bring you up to speed with the major headlines quickly.

We cover OpenSea (the dominant NFT trading platform that did almost $20 billion of volume last year) and their major new rival 'Looks Rare' plus the free airdrop to incentivise users to come across to their platform, Electronic DJ, producer and crypto OG Justin Blau taking on the music industry, Maisie Williams fronting a digital fashion line and more.

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This podcast is sponsored by the awesome Republic Realm who are a leader in metaverse innovation, investment, and NFTs. They are among the largest owners of digital real estate NFTs in Decentraland, The Sandbox and Axie Infinity to name just a few.

They’re also the creators of the Fantasy Islands metaverse NFT project, the ultra-luxury metaverse destination and community in The Sandbox and beyond.

You can find out more about what they are up to at republicrealm.com, join their substack newsletter with updates about the wider metaverse here realmroundup.substack.com and follow on twitter https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE and discord here discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW

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My links :

Twitter : https://twitter.com/metaverseluke

Email : metaversepod@gmail.com

To join my weekly NFT drops and metaverse newsletter, head to metaverseluke.substack.com

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Republic Realm's Links

Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/joinrepublic_RE

Discord : discord.gg/ntSaG8b9sW

Substack : realmroundup.substack.com

Website https://www.republicrealm.com

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Links from this episode : 

Looks Rare Platform : https://looksrare.org/

Justin Blau's Royal Platform : https://twitter.com/join_royal / https://royal.io/

Playstation's VR 2 Headset : https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/playstation-vr-2-release-date-price-news-and-rumors

H&M / Maisie Williams Digital Fashion : https://www.stylist.co.uk/fashion/hm-digital-fashion-collection-maisie-williams/609353